Pouwer 2 Side B

The cassette is a TDK D60. It is the second part of an interview with Jan Pouwer (21-9-1924 – 21-4-2010) in Nijmegen on 24-2-1988. Jan Pouwer studied Indology and was employed by the Dutch government as anthropologist in West Papua where he was sent to the Mimika area to study the Kamoro. He wrote on this research his thesis Enkele aspecten van de Mimika-cultuur, Den Haag, SDU, 1955, He was a member of the Sterrrengebergte expedition of 1959 and back in the Netherlands he became professor Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. In 1966 he went to New Zealand where he founded an institute of anthropology at the Victoria University in Wellington. In 1976 het got an appointment at the University of Nijmegen. He wrote many books and articles among which should be mentioned Gender, ritual and social formation in West Papua; A configurational analysis comparing Kamoro and Asmat. Leiden, KITLV, 2010.
The tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl.

Side A is 31’56 and Side B is 31’56

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